Topsy

Topsy

*Topsy, a character in Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" (source of the phrase "growed like Topsy").
*Topsy and Tim, a character from the "Topsy and Tim" series of children's books.
*Topsy, a codename for the Japanese passenger transport aircraft developed in the early 1940s.
*Topsy (elephant), a circus elephant known for killing three people before being put to death by electrocution.
*Topsy, a character in "The Land Before Time" film series.
*Topsy Turvy, a song in the Disney animated film "The Hunchback of Notre Dame".


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  • TOPSY — (a Teachable OPerating SYstem) ist ein multithreaded, sehr portables Betriebssystem, welches an der Eidgenössischen Technischen Hochschule (ETH) Zürich am Computer Engineering und Networks Laboratory entwickelt wurde. Der Kernel ist ein von… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Topsy — est une éléphante apprivoisée qui a été exécutée par électrocution le 4 janvier 1903. Sommaire 1 Vie 2 Mort 3 Littérature 4 Références …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Topsy — ist ein Betriebssystem, siehe TOPSY der Vorname von Topsy Küppers der weibliche Teil des schwedischen Folkduos Hai Topsy Topsy Turvy – Auf den Kopf gestellt: der Titel eines britischen Films über Gilbert und Sullivan Topsy (Elefant): der Name… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Topsy — [Topsy] the character of a young black slave girl in the novel Uncle Tom s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Topsy has no parents and, when asked to explain this, she answers, ‚I ’spect I grow’d (= I expect I grew).’ People often mention Topsy when …   Useful english dictionary

  • Topsy — Electrocuting an Elephant, Thomas Alva Edison, 1903. Topsy (c. 1875 – 4 de enero de 1903) fue una elefanta de circo que murió electrocutada en la silla eléctrica. Contenido 1 Vida 2 Muerte …   Wikipedia Español

  • Topsy — the character of a young black slave girl in the novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Topsy has no parents and, when asked to explain this, she answers, ‘I ’spect I grow’d (= I expect I grew).’ People often mention Topsy when they… …   Universalium

  • Topsy — /ˈtɒpsi/ (say topsee) phrase grow like Topsy, Colloquial to grow in an unplanned, random way. {with reference to the character Topsy in Harriet Beecher Stowe s Uncle Tom s Cabin (1852) …  

  • topsy —    Used as a transferred name to a black African girl by a white man in Joyce Cary’s short story A Touch of Genius: ‘“Ere,” Robbins called. “You with the pot ‘ere, yaller girl, ‘ere, arf a minute, Topsy.”’ The girl concerned is described as… …   A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

  • topsy — adjective See topsy turvy …   Wiktionary

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